statement of responsibility: by Charles Robert Bree

"B. Fawcett, engraver and printer ... Driffield" --Colophon

"Considerable confusion exists in the dates of publication as recorded for this work. ... [T]he work appears to have been issued in 59 (or more) parts, of which the 1st appeared early in 1859 and the 58th (which completed the work except for the appendix, pp. 185 et seq.) in July 1863." --Zimmer

The plates are accompanied by blank tissue guard-sheets

citation/reference: Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib., p. 87-88

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"Bibliography": v. 4, p. [245]-248; index: v. 4, p. [249]-250]

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BIRDRB and the Dibner Library each have one copy of the set

BIRDRB copy imperfect: p. 173-174 (and accompanying plates?) of v. 1 are wanting

BIRDRB v. 3 has imprint (printing?) date on t.p.: 1864

BIRDRB copy has dates stamped on the final p. of each volume, as follows: v. 1, March 6, 1861; v. 2, May 25, 1861; v. 3, Apr. 19, 1864; v. 4, Apr. 19, 1864

BIRDRB v. 4 has bookplate: Library of Congress. [Smithsonian Deposit.] Chap. 12, 4. Shelf. United States of America

BIRDRB copy has v. 1 in a red buckram library binding with original front cover preserved; v. 2-4 are in blind-stamped red cloth publisher's bindings with gilt-stamped spine and front cover, with publisher's advertisements on the endpapers

Dibner library copy has bookplate: A.F.L

Dibner Library copy from the Tucker collection

Dibner Library copy bound in old green half-morocco over red marbled paper boards; gilt-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt

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